When NS took the NYC route after the Conrail acquisition did the Fort Wayne line lose traffic? Its essentially redundant with the NYC. Both lines seem really busy though. If the Chicago line is causing such a clog why not move traffic to the Fort Wayne line?
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Just so I can understand your question better, when you say Fort Wayne line, are you referring to the ex-Pennsy Fort Wayne line, or do you mean the former Nickel Plate THROUGH Fort Wayne??
Just so I can understand your question better, when you say Fort Wayne line, are you referring to the ex-Pennsy Fort Wayne line, or do you mean the former Nickel Plate THROUGH Fort Wayne??
I would guess he's talking about the old Nickel Plate line... Not much traffic on the old Pennsy line. Personally I don't see a drop in traffic going through Fort Wayne. They would probably run more trains if they had the crews.
On a side note, I did overhear some people talking the other day stating they wouldn't be surprised to see a head-on collision in the area of Knox IN... no idea who they were but they seemed to know something was up.
Traffic on the NKP, at least west of Fort Wayne, dropped quite a bit after the Conrail merger, but has slowly crawled back closer to mid-ninties levels due to an overall increase in business, the connector track put in at Claypool, and the ethenol plant there have all contributed to more traffic. In my opinion, there is room for more trains, but they would probably have to reach into the NKP playbook to do it, and that also assumes you can get the trains in and out of Chicago, which probably assumes too much.
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Thanks for the info. I am referring to the line East-West through Ft Wayne (former NKP)...that parallels the East-West NYC (NS Chicago Line). Both the NYC and NKP seem busy to this day with heavy tonnage.
The Wabash seems busy as well...heading southwest.
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